Xbox One ‘Exclusivity’ Titanfall Was Crucial; Dev Wants To Reach As Many Possible With Titanfall 2

Respawn Entertainment founder Vince Zampella on the necessity of Titanfall as console exclusive for the Xbox One. Zampella adds that a lot will be fixed with the release of Titanfall 2 and that he and his team wants as much players possible to enjoy their games.

[neocores]

If that was true they should have released it on all platforms

[VER1ON]

Not really as I think MS offered an amazing deal and as Zampella said the knowledge that they would actually be able to finish the game. If they would have made it multiplat they probably wouldn't have had enough funds in advance.

[uptownsoul]

"Dev Wants To Reach As Many Possible With Titanfall 2" -- aka…Devs want more revenue from Titanfall 2 than they got from Titanfall 1

[Eonjay]

Thats ridiculous. No they keep it exclusive because Microsoft paid them. That raised the profile of the title. EA is the publisher here and they have money. If what you are saying were true, no 3rd party game would ever get made without Sony and Microsoft.

[Godmars290]

Wasn't the game not coming off as finished, the story campaign being worthless, a chief complaint?

[dcbronco]

@Eonjay

You think a company called Respawn, because they had just started over after getting completely screwed by a previous publisher and now are going back to the original publisher they left, might have some reservations about how they deal with publishers in the future. I'm betting Respawn's relationship with EA is a little different than most developers. I would bet EA gets to publish the games and a smaller percentage of the profits in exchange for Respawn getting some financial support but less than usual in order to maintain a higher level of autonomy.

You're mistaking this situation for the typical one were the developer didn't produce one of the most profitable franchises of all time.

[DLConspiracy]

@DC bronco

Excellent point.
Vince had been in court for years with tons of fines with the whole Activision fiasco. People think Respawn is this mega developer when in actuality they were starting new with great talent at the wheel. They didn't have all the money they needed. Probably also why EA didn't put more $ into it because of the % they agreed upon.

In the Diary of Respawns "The Final Hours of Titanfall" he talks about waiting and waiting for Sony to get back to them. People online saw his tweet about the deal and assumed it was because he didn't know. When it seems like he was just hoping Sony would get back so they could be multiplat before the final deal. What developer of that caliber wouldn't want to be multiplat? Especially off the back of all these financial issues. In the end they are thankful there was any support. So they are thankful MS helped.

[donthate]

There was also the issue of MS offering expertise plus loads of servers from their Cloud.

Sony didn't bother to even respond to Respawn's request.

MS essentially made Titanfall possible. Without MS, the game would have been something completely different, because the economics wouldn't have worked out, let alone the lack of expertise.

This is well documented:

http://www.respawn.com/news...

It is a d@ng good game, so I am happy PS4 owners get to enjoy this sequel.

[Pogmathoin]

In plain english, MS offered them the chance to get the game complete, and Respawn never got a response from Sony...

In plain Sony FB, MS threw money at them to keep it away from the sweet innocent lil FB's....

[Kal0psia]

@uptownsoul

Of course they want more revenue for Titanfall 2. Now that they're well established and created what they wanted to create, Titanfall 2 will improve on Titanfall's success.

Point is Microsoft not only funded part of it's development they provided expertise and resource with the new approach in game mechanics in Titanfall.They now have a grasp of it's successes and failure of it's design and maybe will be a great thing for the next iteration all because Microsfot provided the opportunity for a "risky" approach.

It was indeed a small team and they needed the help. This is hoping they do great for Titanfall 2. Titanfall didn't meet the hype but it did establish itself and is a great game.

[GameNameFame]

Funny how Titanfall was only "possible"cause of cloud. Now it is coming to PS4.

Many more technical people have said anyone can do Titanfall Cloud.

Now proof is right there. Whether it is AI or physics, anyone can do it.

It is not some magical cloud. It is just regular dedicated server that pretty much anyone has.

[BeefCurtains]

@Game

Your campaign against the cloud is just sad, my hopes and dreams aren't in the cloud "saving" X1, or that it's some secret sauce. The hope is that it's a generational leap in gaming technology, which it could be and will one day benefit all gaming. Imagine a PS5 that is not bound by the power of its GPU alone? the idea of this cloud tech is much deeper than what you would like to believe, it is not simply a couple of open servers that anyone could employ. A software/hardware giant like Microsoft doesn't invest billions of dollars and years of R&D on something some random TROLL believes Sony could do tomorrow if they chose.

Anyways, Where does it say that TitanFall 2 needs the cloud?

[Pogmathoin]

Many more technical people have said anyone can do Titanfall Cloud.

So, why hasn't Sony done it?

[CernaML]

^Bots have been in playstation multiplayer games already...

[BinaryMind]

EA has already said that the XB1 exclusivity wasn't worth the benefits.

[guitarded77]

Titanfall was a mediocre game. Had it not been "exclusive", been from an unknown dev, and not had MS's money backing the advertisement frenzy for the game, it would have fallen flat on its face. Titanfall feels more like a long term giant beta for a potentially good game.

While gamers are passionate and sometimes brutal people, they are also very forgetful, and those who were butt-hurt initially will buy the next game. The dev lost nothing on this deal, but to say it was "Crucial", is just bull spit.

[Mr Pumblechook]

Titanfall 2 going multiformat is a damning indictment of it's underperforming sales on Xbox One.

The exclusive deal made for Titanfall was made before the PS4 leading sales launch and the Xbox One reveal. It was probably made with the belief that the Xbox One would be the market leader - but now we all know things went differently to what was expected...

'Titanfall exclusivity' with hindsight was a mistake because at the time it was released it was only available on the Xbox One which was more expensive because it had the Kinect bundled, so it had very small market share. The game reviewed well but it's success was limited by the boundaries of it's limited audience and this impacted its ability to establish itself as a new franchise in the psyche of gamers.

Titanfall 2 as an XBO exclusive, would be very expensive for Microsoft as they would have to compensate for the loss of potential PS4 sales. Now the game is going multiformat it allows more gamers to experience it and the addition of sales success on PS4 means there can be a Titanfall 3.

[WellyUK]

lol thats BS it was an EA game they have plenty of money...

[warczar]

@BeefCurtains

There were plenty of articles to choose from but this one was full of the most bullshit. Pretty much everyone from respawn said that titanfall wasn't possible without the cloud.

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

[BeefCurtains]

Warzar, I said Titanfall 2. Who announced it couldn't be done without the cloud?

[DLConspiracy]

It costs money to make games and release on numerous platforms. Before MS was even a consideration they didn't have the money to complete the game.

Vince has said it numerous different ways. The game would have never been finished had they not received the finances necessary to complete the game. They did ask Sony for that help first I believe. They even hit up Sony again to step in and be apart of it before the MS deal was sealed.

[MasterCornholio]

But then Sony asked for a Vita version of the game instead of a PS4 version.

Kind of an odd thing to do in my opinion.

[DLConspiracy]

@Mastercornholio

Well I've heard it was mostly because of all the secrecy of the PS4 before launch. They didn't want to release the specs and kit to them. Even though their were reports of Respawn working on a PS version of titanfall for consoles ahead of time. I gather that was the PS3? But yeah vita? Who knows.

[Captain_TomAN94]

@MasterCornholio

I bet they did it because they knew it would fit on Vita. I mean come on:
-12 player
-No SP so file size can be small

Plus Vita needed another killer app and the founders of COD would have really pushed sales.

[grumpygamr]

I think it hurt them a little as titanfall was a great game. Titanfall didn't get its due. I don't think Respawn had any sign this mess with the Xbox One was going to happen and probably signed on earl(I know, I haven't read the book yet). Remember the miracle cloud from Titanfall and Forza. Sorry went off topic. I think titanfall 2 will put Respawn's Infinity team back in their rightful place as one of the top developers

[Haru]

Not even Microsoft can afford to keep Titanfall 2 away from PS4 with double the instal base

[DLConspiracy]

Completely disregard any of the facts above or in the tweets about why MS ended up with it exclusive in the firSt place.

[donthate]

This has already been debunked and exposed as false assumption. This has been stated in an interview:

"Q: Microsoft appears to be doubling-down on its first-party titles while Sony is securing a lot of third-party deals. How difficult is it to be successful, in terms of market share, when Sony is gobbling up so many third-party deals now? How difficult does that make your job?

A: So, they don't "gobble" the deals up. They buy them. You know, I read the same things you do, and I know some people think it's somehow less expensive to sign third-party exclusives if you have a bigger market-share. I can tell you, it has nothing to do with market share.

When you go in to do a deal, with a third party, that third party has its own view of the global market and the value of it. And they should, they should think about their assets and how valuable they are, just like anyone would when they are selling their goods."

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

[ShadowWolf712]

@donthate

Yes, it's been completely debunked because the guy on the losing side of that argument says so.

I totally buy that. Totally. Nothing at ALL to do with the 2:1 install base meaning those deals are cheaper because they'd lose less off exclusivity. Totally.

[BitbyDeath]

@donthate, did you notice that the 3rd paragraph contradicts the 2nd paragraph?

[Tsar4ever01]

I would never support any game that forces me to play online with other people, if your game has no Single-player components or at least off-line mode, I'm not buying it. If all TF2 mods can't be played in Single-player, they can keep on Xbox One as far as I concerned.

[XanderZane]

Hhhmm.. they went to Sony first to get a offer from them. Sony kicked them to the curve, so they went with Microsoft. He already said weren't prepared to release the game on multiple platforms.

[psychosmurf101]

There was way to little of a player base on both consoles back then. They simply would not have made their money back, or would have maybe broke even. The exclusivity deal was in large part I'm sure, to give them at least a starting point of revenue base. They really did need that security to produce the game. Otherwise they are gambling everything.

[UKmilitia]

which basically translates to "we didnt sell enough on xb1"
i though titanfall was good it was just the AI crap that killed it for me.
I hope they make some kind of BF/COD single player or co-op story though.

regarding titanfall 1 i think MS offered to make it THE GAME for xb1 and the amount of advertising etc they gave them its hard to refuse ,plus who could see total domination by Sony? i couldnt at the time and at end of last gen i would of said MS would of destroyed Sony this gen.

[showtimefolks]

EA realized their mistake and want to correct it now. I never get this why did Respawn needed money from MS when they were working under EA's partners program. so EA was funding and publishing

EA thought like many that xbox would be in control of the market even though ps3 outsold xbox 2360 from day one at a much higher price point

[Lamboomington]

Development wasn't in a good position to begin with, and Sony wasn't being particularly enthusiastic to talk with Respawn.

Microsoft took initiative in approaching and making a deal.

Also, don't know how many of you realize, but a game across both consoles is a huge deal. It's much harder for the studio. Let them get started on XBONE first. Why not ?

The same reason I'm happy as a PC gamer that Tomb Raider 2 is timed exclusive. It only means that all 3 versions will be really good on the respective platform. As a PC gamer, I'm glad it's coming later, because it means an even better version.

[ScorpiusX]

I'll get from EA access Valut once it's there.

[Wikkid666]

It's been there for a while now.

[ScorpiusX]

Was referring to Titanfall 2

[ScorpiusX]

That's right hate cause I refuse to buy a copy . SSOS .

[DougLord]

MSFT provided a lot of technical and financial support to make Titanfall work. Now the Dev has $$ and knows how to do perfect multiplayer, so they don't need MSFT exclusive. But I wish NSFW would buy the IP or do a similar game with Battletech IP

[Paytaa]

MechAssault.

[chrisx]

If they make titanfall2 with an offline single player mode,I'll give it a try

[Volkama]

Do you only play offline, or will you play multiplayer so long as a single player game is included?

[chrisx]

I only play offline, I hardly play online,just not into it

[WellyUK]

I personally don't want a SP in titanfall 2 and focus on having a content full MP. NO ONE plays shooters like Titanfall for singleplayer, the game is not for you and you should stop trying to force a SP when it's NOT needed. Especially when you say you will only play offline which basically means you will only play for a week and stop, MP is where the replay factor is. A SP on Titanfall 1 would not of made a difference to how quick it fell off the radar as much as you people seem to think it would.

[TheGreatGamer]

I'm happy with Titanfall 2 going multiplat as long as Xbox One gets to use Azure servers just like with Titanfall 1 because those servers were amazing

[DLConspiracy]

Dedicated servers are amazing. Regardless of which type. Competitive shooters should all be played on dedicated servers. Always. If it goes peer2peer for Titanfall 2. I am going to be upset.

[ScorpiusX]

Depends on who footing the bill , you think these plats are going to pay for the other to play . Am guess both plats are going to get stuck with EA servers .

[Volkama]

It won't be peer 2 peer. EA host there games properly, unlike Activision.

But there are still reasons to hope for titanfall to be in Azure. The availability and reliability of them is top notch, and geographic coverage is better than EA can offer themselves.

But yeah... So long as they don't "pull a COD" I'll be satisfied.

[Ricegum]

Haha and again.

[MasterCornholio]

Of course it will use dedicated servers.

I mean whats stopping them from doing that?

[Hoffmann]

If I got it right, almost every company that tried to win through exclusive games on xbox consoles failed.

Sega with their 5-10 games on the first Xbox
Mistwalker with their games like lue Dragon on the XB360
Maybe even Tecmo Koei with their exclusive DOA series for many years and now EA with Titanfall.

[VER1ON]

you're referring to independant developers/publishers? Remedy Entertainment seems to be doing alright :)

[Hoffmann]

Of course they do, I meant more the success the companies had with the exclusive games. In TF's case it was EA's decision I guess not Remedy's.

[PlayableGamez]

Titanfall sold very welll on Xbox One.

[Yetter]

if Titanfall was a failure there wouldn't be a Titanfall 2

[Hoffmann]

If Titanfall's exclusivity was a success, why is the sequel coming to other platforms too? :-)

[corroios]

Titanfall was a good exclusive of the Xbox One for its multiplayer and i think it can be better, in the sequel. It was well receveid by gamers and bought the game.

[Captain_TomAN94]

Not really. The word of mouth on the game was no where near the admiration of the reviewers.

1) The server population dropped like a rock almost immediately

2) Now I know this is anecdotal but literally every one of my friends who got it mostly regrets it and says it got boring fast.

[StrayaKNT]

Don't know what planet you're on, people think its the best fps similar to cod since mw2 and that's huge. I think Titanfall destroys all cod, bsttlefied and destiny games put together. And people still play it till now I can find a full lobby in seconds.

[WellyUK]

Eh? it's easily one of the best shooters around with IMO the best gameplay of an FPS in a long time. It's issue was it didn't have enough content but as an FPS it's brilliant compared to BF and CoD.

[Captain_TomAN94]

@Both of you fanboys

Look you are entitled to your own opinions but BF4 still has tens of thousands of players online while Titanfall has under a thousand.

The people have spoken.

[user9950279]

Still a game I find myself playing weekly. This and BF4 have occupied a ton of my gaming time this gen. Two amazing shooters from under the EA umbrella. Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 4 are easily among my most anticipated games.

I expect Titanfall 2 will be spectacular. Dying to see it in action.

[Chaosdreams]

Battlefield 4 is already out lol But I assume you mean #5.

[JokerDem]

As long as they continue to use dedicated servers, otherwise it's a no buy for me.

[MasterCornholio]

Of course they will still use dedicated servers.

[Yetter]

I hope so, but there are no guarantees

[bleedsoe9mm]

hope they keep up and expand on the cloud tech and the dedicated servers for the xb1 version , no parity and dumb down for the sequel .

[MasterCornholio]

I agree with the parity part.

They should maximize the game on each system.

:)

[ha8eraid]

It would be awesome to see some of the destruction physics in Titanfall. Especially on the titans themselves it can get crippled or parts falling off that would be awesome.

[1nsomniac]

I bought it on PC & it was actually a great game. So much so that I actually bought the season pass. Only the 2nd time I've ever bought one.

...Then they gave it away free anyway lol. Which to be honest was a great move beccause everybody could play everything together instead of being segregated. Which I have to commend them for.

I'll definitely be picking up Titanfall 2.

[Saijahn]

One of the best shooters to come out as of late.

[Darkfist]

better have story with co-op mode, and not multiplayer only

[WellyUK]

no they should focus on MP stuff the SP it will only be a pile of crap.

[FoxyGotGame]

Understandable, they were a start up studio formed of ex-employees of other studios.

MS deserve some credit for assisting in establishing the Titanfall franchise. But now it's time to share it with everyone.

[Ashlen]

Uh, you know it was published by EA right?

[FoxyGotGame]

Uh, Yeeeh I am patently aware of that. Titanfall ended up as a key EA Access offering. However, talks were already going on with MS and EA profited from said talks. So the point still stands. MS funded part of the process which is why I stated 'Assisting' & 'Some Credit'.

I neglected that communication must be presented in a dumbed down fashion on N4G *Sigh /

[Ashlen]

The point I am making is that Microsoft only bought exclusivity. EA funded the project.

And if your memory serves you well you'll remember that at the start the devs of the game were planning to bring it to other platforms. Then just a few months before release (when the game was basically complete) Microsoft paid to keep Titanfall off competitor consoles.

Microsoft in my opinion deserves little to no credit for "establishing the series".

[Paleblood]

I hope Titanfall 2 is a complete game with campaign with good content

[MasterCornholio]

A nice campaign would be sweet.

:)

[TwoForce]

Yeah, these guys who make call of duty series.

[ninsigma]

But didn't this guy tweet that he didn't even know about the exclusivity until after the deal was done??

[gangsta_red]

Yea, pretty funny right? It was because of the backlash he received when it was announced an Xbox One exclusive.

Don't know why but this game, Deadrising 3 and TR all seem to go through the same type of scrutiny. Devs having to explain or make up excuses when their game is exclusive or appears on the Xbox One first.

[ninsigma]

Except he said it right when we found out before there was a chance for backlash.

I don't remember backlash for dead rising and of course tr is gonna be scrutinized. A multiplat moving exclusive?? Come on it was totally expected. Their wording wasn't very clear either so yeah...scrutiny.

[Spotie]

Good job, gangsta.

[gangsta_red]

"Except he said it right when we found out before there was a chance for backlash."

He said it after the backlash, even though media outlets and journalist reported that Respawn was making an exclusive game for the new Xbox even before the reveal of the new Xbox system.

And it still doesn't add up because he also told a story that Respawn presented Titanfall to MS and Sony and only MS was willing to work with them on the game.

All this tells me is he was getting a lot of slack from fan(boys) from social media outlets no doubt. Look at past articles for DR3 and the many petitions to bring that game to PS4.

"A multiplat moving exclusive??"

Compare TR to SFV and tell me which one got scrutinized more. Like I said there always seems to be a bigger backlash when some games are announced for Xbox One first.

@spotie
Thanks, thumbs up to you too.

[ninsigma]

All that says to me is that he can't get his story straight.

You're right tomb raider got way bigger backlash, not gonna deny that, only an idiot would. If stories are to he believed sf5 wouldn't of happened without help but I don't know what goes on behind those doors so I can't say if that's true or not. It's all down to money anyway.

Anyway, my original point, this guy says the exclusivity was crucial buy originally he didn't even Know the deal was happening (or so he says/said). So what are we supposed to believe??

[GrimDragon]

Titanfall was a let down much like destiny is. Let's hope Titanfall 2 isn't the boring mess the first one was.

[Yetter]

Titanfall is in no way like Destiny, I few matches of Titanfall every week. There is nothing like it.

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

If it is the same quality as the 1st game MS can keep it...

[StrayaKNT]

One of the best fps of all time lol I bet youre just downtalking the first game because it's not on your console of chouce

[TheOtherVitaOwner]

Who else remembers when Titanfall redefined the first person shooter? Oh, no one...?

[user9950279]

Didn't refine it? Check out this years COD. Whose taking cues from who?

[objdadon]

Lol, titanfall was not the first game with wall running. And black ops 3 looks like it took more from destiny.

[TheOtherVitaOwner]

It was a fun game for a bit, but talk about over-hyping your product. This generation of games has had way too many games get treated like the second coming only to ultimately be average experiences at best.

[user9950279]

It's called marketing. I imagine much of N4Gs population has been found in a heap at the bottom of a cliff surrounded by Redbull cans.

[FoxyGotGame]

Doom (1994) is the Grand Pappy and "In My Opinion" Quake redefined the FPS. I know Xbox faithfuls like to credit Halo CE with that, but ...No, just No /

[MRMagoo123]

dont forget counter strike.

[Kingoftherodeo]

you name a first person shooter multiplayer where i can traverse the whole map while running on walls and jumping. while also getting kills without touching the ground not to mention making camping ineffective from a fps?

[Tempest317]

@Kingoftherodeo
Tribes...circa 1998

[Antifan]

No single player campaign, no buy. You can keep your crappy weeks worth of MP.

[holdmyown83]

Suck much a multiplayer?

[Antifan]

Nope, just like to get my money's worth. It's completely your choice if you love half-baked games.

[Yetter]

I've got about 95 hours put into Titanfall, I definitely consider that good value for my money. I don't understand how a game lacking a 5-7 hour single player campaign is considered 'half baked' to you. They were pretty clear about their intentions when it released. They were a brand new studio with a smaller team and campaigns are crazy expensive to develop and majority of FPS players don't even play them, they go right for the MP

[NinjaNick]

I agree with you. Too bad these ignorant trolls don't care about facts. I have dozens and dozens of hours into Titanfall. It's more than worth it..

[NinjaNick]

Did you feel the same way about Starhawk, Warhawk and MAG?

[Xbonewone32015]

Except it wasnt half baked.

Except, it is now completely free in the vault.

Oh wait, the ps4 doesnt have the vault. You lost out !!

[feraldrgn]

If that in fact is an actual quote, it's a pretty big contradiction.

[Smokingunz]

"PS4 owners have been hoping for a release on their console!" Im pretty sure they feel the same way about all the x1 1st party games.thats why there's always a sony fanboy beating down the xbox1 every chance they get,dispite the many so called exclusive sony has over xbox. Its funny really.

[OneLove]

Titanfall was great to me. More content would've helped but bashing it for what it is, is a joke because it was immensely fun.

[JMyers]

According to previous reports, these guys didn't even know about the exclusivity deal between EA and MS until the announcement. I guess this was the $pecial relation$hip between MS and EA. The game was in active development for PS4 before this announcement. Without the TF bundle coupled with the Kinect-less offering, I can't imagine where the XB1 would be. Also this could have been a bigger franchise for Respawn if it was multiplatform at launch... As planned.

[Yetter]

He's also quoted saying the game wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for MS, but you can cherry pick your quotes if you want

[JMyers]

The game wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for MS?... when it was being developed before the MS announcement for both consoles and PC, and published by EA? I wasn't cherry picking anything... I was looking at previous comments vs this one. Surely you can see the contradictions? There were even references to the PS4 in the game's code. MS's cash infusion basically ceased PS4 development, like it did with Rise of the TR.

[fulnattybrah]

I don't think the game play will be the sam because it won't be usinf the cloud now.

[Kingoftherodeo]

don't care if doesn't stay exclusive plz just keep dedicated servers and i don't mean ea servers. people knocking on the no story tell me how many people buy cod for story? tell me the actual story without using google for destiny other than they are devils and they came from the moon.

Titanfall 2 will make tons of money cod has nothing on its multiplayer mechanics.

[Xbonewone32015]

Titanfall has easily got the best fps multiplayer next gen gameplay on console so far.

And contrary to sony fanboy belief, the community is still thriving.

The xb1 version regularly has 10k simultaneous players evenings and weekends.

The game continues to be a success, hence, the sequel cometh.

[JMyers]

I can also find several thousand people playing older IPs... this is not fanboy belief, its fact. The game died quickly.

[FreddyFazbear]

Xbox fans in full damage control again. They cannot accept that MS paid for the exclusivity of the first titanfall pain and simple. How can you be a credible person and ask for respect if all you guys do is keep a blind eye to everything negative to ms even though it is true.

[Foehammer]

"I personally talked to both Microsoft and Sony and explained that we need to find a way to have potentially hundreds-of-thousands of dedicated servers at a price point that you can’t get right now. Microsoft realized that player-hosted servers are actually holding back online gaming and that this is something that they could help solve, and ran full-speed with this idea."

http://www.respawn.com/news...

Who do I believe, you who spams X1 articles or Respawn:

I believe Respawn

[FreddyFazbear]

So what your telling me? That a PR of a certain company cant possibly lie?? And the execs of said company would just let a potential sales of a big demographics go away and stick to one console?? Nice. So eveything a MS dev, publisher or PR can't be wrong right?? So when aaron greenburg and mattrick talks crap youll still believe it right?? Cause PR don't lie and has no hidden agenda

[JMyers]

"...Microsoft realized that player-hosted servers are actually holding back online gaming..." this coming from COD:MW creators. The biggest FPS franchise which only now started to use dedicated servers and was the biggest on Xbox? MS cares about dedicated servers in online gaming and partners with Activision, who never used them? What?!

[Foehammer]

I can assure you that I don't always believe everything that comes from various studios. However I fully believe what Respawn personnel have said.

But I most certainly don't believe what comes from ppl with a comment history of continuous trolling.

[MoveTheGlow]

Welcome to the world of console-exclusive deals as Kickstarters for the development of a new-gen franchise. Microsoft had some shooter bragging rights for a while by paying for many of Respawn's costs to make Titanfall, and Respawn got to make their game. If MS really wanted Titanfall to stay exclusive, they'd just buy the studio and make it first-party.

Otherwise, it's on to the sequel, where they'll build on pre-existing material, and therefore they can create the thing on their own, so why not sell it everywhere?

I'd expect the same out of Insomniac if they make a Sunset Overdrive 2.

[GoodnessGreatness]

More like Xbox One Titanfall exclusivity was "desperation" lol.

[KissToKill]

Love titan fall, why YALL ne hatin? I'm ready to play. All this negative comments h